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Fresh Fruit

October 27, 2020January 24, 2021 Admin

Fresh Fruit

Painting a still life is always fun, especially when you start from just an idea. I decided to do a setting that would go well with this Fresh Fruit cart w found. We were travelling in our motorhome, so I decided to make use of my son’s kitchen, with the brightly colored wallpaper. We spent a lot of money to make this happen, then had to eat it all before it all went bad. Here are a few close-up shots of the painting.

**Prints:**

**ALL PRINTS** are printed on **canvas and stretched on wooden stretcher bars** and prices vary according to size ordered. Most are 2:3 proportion

**Options:**

**wrapped print-** part of the image is wrapped

around the sides of the wood.

**Non-wrapped print-** The full image is on the face, with white or black edges

**(frames and hardware are not included)**

**8″ x 12″ Black Edge**………. $109.17

**8″ x 12″ White Edge**………. $109.17

**8″ x 12″ Wrapped Edge**………. $109.17

**12” x 18” Black Edge** ………. $168.07

**12” x 18” White Edge** ………. $168.07

**12” x 18” Wrapped Edge** ………. $168.07

24” x 36” ………. $1,295.00 Original Painting on stretched canvas not available.

Wishing Well

October 23, 2020January 24, 2021 Admin

Streetlight

October 23, 2020January 24, 2021 Admin

Martin’s Grocery

October 23, 2020January 24, 2021 Admin

Martin’s Grocery

South Bend, Indiana

The Martin’s grocery chain started in South Bend, Indiana in 1947 at 1521 Portage Avenue in South Bend and has grown to over 20 stores in northern Indiana and Southwestern Michigan. The chain has since been purchased by SpartanNash from Grand Rapids, Michigan. This painting of the first Martin’s was painted prior to the purchase. I included a milk truck that was used during that time.

12” x 18” White Edge ………. $168.07

12” x 18” Wrapped Edge ………. $168.07

16” x 24” White Edge ………. $226.14 (Most popular)

16” x 24” Wrapped Edge ………. $226.14 (Most popular)

20” x 30” White Edge………. $314.34

20” x 30” Wrapped Edge………. $314.34

24” x 36”Black Edge ………. $335.65

24” x 36”White Edge ………. $335.65

24” x 36” ………. $1,495.00 Original Painting on stretched canvas

Newell’s

October 23, 2020January 24, 2021 Admin

Newell’s

Goshen, IN

Located on Main Street in downtown Goshen, Indiana, It was well known for woman’s clothing. With changes throughout the building’s history, I tried to create the store as it once looked. Since 1880 when the store opened, Newell’s sustained 4 generations of the family business until 2008. The store has changed in many ways, but the “Newell’s” stained glass sign still remains at 201 S. Main St., Goshen, Indiana.

12” x 18” White Edge ………. $168.07

12” x 18” Wrapped Edge ………. $168.07

16” x 24” White Edge ………. $226.14 (Most popular)

16” x 24” Wrapped Edge ………. $226.14 (Most popular)

20” x 30” White Edge………. $314.34

20” x 30” Wrapped Edge………. $314.34

24” x 36”Black Edge ………. $335.65

24” x 36”White Edge ………. $335.65

24” x 36” ………. $1,295.00 Original Painting on stretched canvas

About Me

October 23, 2020October 29, 2020 Admin

Dog on Pier

October 23, 2020January 24, 2021 Admin

Prints are unavailable for this painting. The dog went into the shack, One of my first acrylic paintings.

Gas City, Indiana family home

October 23, 2020January 24, 2021 Admin

Family Home

Gas City, Indiana

While traveling in Indiana and exhibiting at art shows, we would stay at a campground, so I could spend the week painting, getting ready for the weekend shows. Since we were is a motor home, Evelyn would spend the day at the Ft. Wayne Library, working on the family Genealogy.

My family, on my mother’s side were from the Peru and Kokomo, Indiana area. I remember going to Gas City, Indiana to the family reunions as a child. I am not sure how it came about, but we ran into a family that was actually related to us, who lived in Gas City. They had just remodeled their home and wanted a painting of the finished project.

This is just one of several family homes, that I painted for customers over the years.

12” x 18” White Edge ………. $168.07

12” x 18” Wrapped Edge ………. $168.07

16” x 24” White Edge ………. $226.14 (Most popular)

16” x 24” Wrapped Edge ………. $226.14 (Most popular)

20” x 30” White Edge………. $314.34

20” x 30” Wrapped Edge………. $314.34

24” x 36”Black Edge ………. $335.65

24” x 36”White Edge ………. $335.65

24” x 36” ………. Original Painting on stretched canvas is not available.

Rexall Drug Store

October 23, 2020January 24, 2021 Admin

Hemmingsen’s Rexall Drugs

Marshall, Michigan

As I traveled through the historic town of Marshall, I noticed a Rexall Drug Store that looked like it probably did many decades ago. It was Sunday and they were closed, so I could not see the inside. I took photos of the outside of the store. Eventually I took out my photos and started painting on the 30″ x 36″ stretched canvas. Since I had not seen the inside, I painted the inside as I would imagine it to look like many years ago.

I later found that the store was established and locally owned since 1936. It is still a pharmacy and also offers local delivery. You can also have your film digitally processed with their Kodak equipment, as well as purchasing greeting cards, gifts, jewelry and candles among other items in their quaint little store, located on the main street of town. You can see it at 132 W. Michigan Street in Marshall, MI.